For those of you who should ever pass through Chipata by bicycle, or with little fuel, it is good to know that from the huge poster ‘Welcome to Chipata’, in theory the entry gate to Eastern Province administrative centre, to the real city there are about 7 kilometers, thank God I did the last 10 with Ndeke, a farmer who was cycling with gum boots and was very interested in my journey. Continue reading
Last evening galvanized by an article published on the first page of the Daily Mail, Giorgia, Sydney and the children came to join me to take some videos as I cycle, today around two in the afternoon they called me and asked me ‘Where are you? We are in Sinda’. Continue reading
The children who live next to lodges or parks always ask for something, the contact with the musungu tourist has erased that purity and curiosity which is there in their peers whom I find in the villages far from amusing places. Continue reading
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This morning I left the school shortly after seven, I woke up in great advance also because my Chinese mat at a certain point in the night deflated itself, and the floor of the staff room was freezing other than uncomfortable. Continue reading
This morning we all left very early from Kafue to reach Chongwe, unbelievable but true we were perfectly on time, the truck with my bamboo bike and some representatives of the project in Chikupi, it had a puncture twice… Continue reading
I must admit that this morning I was very nervous, assailed by thousands of pre-departure worries: from the fear of having left something fundamental behind (which of course happened: video camera completely flat and camera without memory card) to the need to leave early in order for Matteo to be able to do a good first stage. Continue reading
The bicycle is there with the panniers still open, it is a shame that these panniers cannot be squeezed by sitting on them… Continue reading
Fai clic sulla mappa per ingrandirla
This has been a very long day, starting with an interview with Radio Phoenix in Lusaka Continue reading
By now the head is immersed in the crossing, this morning when I arrived to the gate of the Chikupi project on the truck I realized that the auto-pilot was driving!
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The departure of Friday is now imminent and today I have distributed the press releases to Zambian newspapers and television which have promised me to cover the event. Continue reading
